毛票

Mandarin · pinyin máo piào

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  1. (coll.) Renminbi banknote with a denomination of one, two or five jiao 角 jiǎo
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毛
máo · hair, fur, feathers; coarse
票
piào · slip of paper or bamboo; ticket
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2–4 · mao2 piao4

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  1. (colloquial) banknote of a denomination in units of jiao (i.e., ¥0.1, ¥0.2 or ¥0.5 banknote for the RMB)

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